The Relationship Between Joint Awareness and Muscle Strength, Return to Sports and Quality of Life After ACL-R Surgery in Recreational Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Objectives:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between joint awareness, muscle strength, return to sports and quality of life in patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ACL-R with hamstring tendon autografts. Patients and Methods:Aged between 18-40 years 23 patients with ACL-R at least one year after the surgery participated in the present study. Muscle strength was measured with ISOMED 2000 isokinetic dynamometer. Joint awareness, quality of life and return to sport were evaluated respectively by using Forgotten Joint Score FJS , Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Quality of Life Questionnaire ACL-QoL and Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Return to sport after Injury ACL-RSI .’ Results:There was a moderate correlation between FJS-12 with ACL-RSI r=0.441; p=0.035 , and ACL-QoL scores r=0.505; p=0.014 . A strong positive correlation was found between ACL-RSI and ACL-QoL scores r=0.827; p0.05 . Conclusion:This current study showed that joint awareness was related to return to sports and quality of life in the long term following ACL-R. In conclusion, we recommend minimizing joint awareness for a better quality of life and returning to sports.

Keywords

• awareness, muscle strength, anterior cruciate ligament, return to sports, quality of life.

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